Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly  —  President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.

Obamacare repeal vote still too close to call  —  Senate Republicans are barreling toward a dramatic and highly unusual vote on Obamacare Tuesday without knowing whether they'll have the votes to start dismantling the health care law.  —  At stake is not just the seven-year-old campaign pledge …

Scaramucci plans to oust White House press aide, offers ‘amnesty’ to others  —  Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Tuesday that he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short.  —  It would be Scaramucci's first step toward shaking …

Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump's mental health  —  leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.

Senate Judiciary Committee issues subpoena for Manafort in Russia probe  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to appear at a hearing Wednesday in the ongoing probe of Russia's activities during the 2016 campaign, the committee said Tuesday.

Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare  —  Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace Obamacare” …

After Trump's partisan speech, Boy Scouts of America reiterates that it is ‘wholly non-partisan’  —  Following President Trump's campaign-style speech at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday evening, the Boy Scouts of America released a statement that did not comment …

Kat Timpf Goes Off on Twitter After Having Water Dumped on Her: ‘Infantile Bullsh*t’  —  Fox News Specialist co-host Kat Timpf released a lengthy tweetstorm on Monday where she alleged that someone dumped a bottle of water on her just ahead of a speaking engagement in Brooklyn Monday evening.

Videos suggest Russian government may be arming Taliban  — Two videos obtained by CNN suggest the Taliban have received improved weaponry supplied by the Russian government  — Russia's Foreign Ministry declined to comment but has previously called claims they are arming the Taliban “utterly false”

Stripping Health Insurance From 23 Million People to Pay For Upper-Class Tax Cuts Is So Mavericky  —  I'm sure you'll be surprised by how the story turns out! … He wouldn't be flying in for a vote that was a lost cause.  I'd put the odds of BCRA passing at over 50% now, perhaps well above.

Scaramucci says it's ‘probably’ correct Trump wants Sessions gone  —  White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday said it is “probably” correct that President Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  gone.  —  But Scaramucci said he didn't want to speak for the president.

Joshua Green: In Trump's World, “You're Never Really Dead if You Just Stick Around and Endure It”  —  The Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent has written a fascinating account of Steve Bannon's role in Trump's campaign.  —  When journalist Joshua Green attended a screening of a documentary …

Trump White House Tests a Nation's Capacity for Outrage  —  GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Remember that time President George W. Bush told his attorney general to investigate Al Gore for his “crimes”?  Or President Barack Obama called for a Justice Department prosecution of John McCain?

Unrest bubbles among Trump's key foreign policy aides: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustration is mounting among leading foreign policy officials in President Donald Trump's administration as they chafe at some policy and bureaucratic defeats and complain they lack independence to do their jobs, officials say.